"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional ExpressionJ. P. Burbank, 1878 - 243 pages |
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... Shakespeare , of Milton , or of Addison . The differences that distinguish dialects are quite susceptible of assimilation to any standard . Just as a piece of music can by a skilful player be transposed in execution to a different key ...
... Shakespeare , of Milton , or of Addison . The differences that distinguish dialects are quite susceptible of assimilation to any standard . Just as a piece of music can by a skilful player be transposed in execution to a different key ...
Page 94
... poverty , and sickness , are light in comparison with those inward distresses of mind , occasioned by folly , by passion , and by guilt . MOODINESS.- -Shakespeare . O. we are querulous creatures ! Little 94 VERBAL GROUPING .
... poverty , and sickness , are light in comparison with those inward distresses of mind , occasioned by folly , by passion , and by guilt . MOODINESS.- -Shakespeare . O. we are querulous creatures ! Little 94 VERBAL GROUPING .
Page 95
... Shakespeare . O. we are querulous creatures ! Little less Than nothing can suffice to make us happy ; And little less than nothing is enough To make us wretched . MUTUAL DEPENDENCE .-- Emerson . There is nothing in the universe that ...
... Shakespeare . O. we are querulous creatures ! Little less Than nothing can suffice to make us happy ; And little less than nothing is enough To make us wretched . MUTUAL DEPENDENCE .-- Emerson . There is nothing in the universe that ...
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... Shakespeare . " Didst thou not think , such vengeance must await The wretch that , with his crimes all fresh about him , Rushes irreverent , unprepared , uncalled , Into his Maker's presence - throwing back With insolent disdain his ...
... Shakespeare . " Didst thou not think , such vengeance must await The wretch that , with his crimes all fresh about him , Rushes irreverent , unprepared , uncalled , Into his Maker's presence - throwing back With insolent disdain his ...
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... Shakespeare . I pr'ythee , daughter , do not make me mad ! 2 Ex st s st tr I will not trouble thee ! my child , farewell ! We'll no more meet , no more see one another ! 2 Exp < . • > But yet thou art my flesh , my blood , my daughter ...
... Shakespeare . I pr'ythee , daughter , do not make me mad ! 2 Ex st s st tr I will not trouble thee ! my child , farewell ! We'll no more meet , no more see one another ! 2 Exp < . • > But yet thou art my flesh , my blood , my daughter ...
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accented syllable action adverb antithesis articulation blood body brave breath Brutus Cæsar clause compound dead death Diphthong doth earth effect Elocution emphasis emphatic exercise expressive fall fear feel fool gesture give glottis grammatical grief hand happy hath head heart heaven honour house of York idea imitative implied inflexion labial larynx letters light lingual lips look lord marked mind modulation monophthong motion motley fool mouth nature never night notation nounced o'er P. J. Bailey passion pause phatic pitch poor predicate principle pronounced pronunciation reading rising Scotch sense sentence separate Shakespeare smile soft palate sorrow soul speak speaker spirit syllables tears tence thee thine things thou thought tion tones tongue unaccented unemphatic utterance verb Visible Speech vocal voice vowel sound W. E. Aytoun weep wind words wretched